Vaux-Hall Classic - Through Sunbeams

Join pianist Lionel Bams and soprano Fleur Strijbos for a charming concert under the open skies of the Vaux Hall Summer Festival. Their stories will guide you from the first light of dawn to the wistful shades of dusk through German, French, and Spanish songs that explore themes of light, love, and longing.

Enjoy a beautiful selection of songs by composers Anton Webern, Johannes Brahms, August De Boeck, Gabriel Fauré, Fernando Obradors, Hans Pfitzner and Sebastián Yradier.

Fleur Strijbos, soprano
Lionel Bams, piano

A. Webern: Heimgang in der Frühe (8 frühe Lieder) (Poem by Baron Detlev von Liliencron)

H. Pfitzner:
In der Früh, wenn die Sonne kommen will (Op. 2, No. 1) (Poem by Richard Leander)
Ist der Himmel darum im Lenz so Blau? (op. 2, no° 2) (Poem by Richard Leander)
Im tiefen Wald verborgen (Op. 2, no. 4) (Poet unknown)
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) :
Vergebliches Ständchen (Op. 84, No. 4)
Wie melodien zieht es mir (Op. 105, No. 1)

A. De Boeck:
Toutes Blanches (Poem by Charles van Lerberghe)
C’est en toi, bien-aimée (Poem by Charles van Lerberghe)
Sonnet (Poem by Jeanne Cuisinier)
Frissons de fleurs (Poem by Marie-Jeanne Huysmans)

G. Fauré:
La Bonne Chanson: La Lune Blanche (Poem by Paul Verlaine)
Dans les ruines d’une abbaye (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Après un rêve (After an Italian poem by Romain Bussine)

F. Obradors:
Canciones Clásicas Españolas: 1. La mi sola Laureola (Poem by Juan Ponce)
Canciones Clásicas Españolas: 2. Al amor (Poem by Cristóbal de Castillejo)
Canciones Clásicas Españolas: 5. Con amores, la mi madre (Poem by Juan Anchieta)
Canciones Clásicas Españolas: 6. Del Cabello más sutil (Poet unknown)

S. Yradier: La Paloma”